Anyone own an obscure gadget/ tool that just never caught on ?

[Hickory n steel]

I've got this old durapro pocketpro that my dad gave me, it's kinda cool and works pretty well.
But nobody would ever carry one of these on their belt.

 

[00ChevyScott]

Who could forget the famous Cue Cat of the 1990s?....

 

[Grubbster]

No picture, but Zune, damn Microsoft!

 

[Charlie_K]

Does common sense count?

 

[JohnnyMayhem]

I gotta dig it out of the toolbox and get some pictures, but it is a pocket sized socket wrench that accepts 1/4ths inch sockets. (The handle telescopes out a small distance for some more leverage. kind of neat.)

 

[The Zieg]

I think the Victorinox combination compass/thermometer/magnifier/ruler never did well. Mine is a useless chunk of plastic that misreads the temperature and fails to point North. But it looks cool.

Zieg

 

[Bruceter]

I gave this to my Dad years ago, don't think he ever used it.


Bruceter

 

[Bryan J]

I've got this old durapro pocketpro that my dad gave me, it's kinda cool and works pretty well.
But nobody would ever carry one of these on their belt.

Wow, I have that same tool, a gift from my grandmother many years ago. It's made pretty well and has decent quality parts. I still use it!

 

[Slabwax]

I bought a Apple Newton when they first came out. I just gave it to me brother-in-law a year ago. Better his closet than mine.

 

[ThePeacent]

Just the model I'm looking for, the last I need to buy to complete my collection !

I have the other 2.

Great tools.

Won't you happen to have a spare one and want to get rid of it, right?

 

[Hickory n steel]

I should get a picture of it, but I've also got a durapro snake driver and a spec tools skew driver .
BTW I keep the pocket pro in my ag shooting kit ( m139 ammo can with essentials in it )
For the hammer so I can drift my sights...ect.
Not a bad tool but not edc friendly.

 

[mugwump867]

Who could forget the famous Cue Cat of the 1990s?....

Ah yes, got one free from Radio Shack and hacked it to scan barcodes from my DVD collection into an Access database. That entire sentence reeks of the 90s.

 

[Iron City]

Got a Betamax for sale.... was looking through my desk and my Palm Pilot had a short life span.

 

[Ebbtide]

I have one of these



It gets better

 

[sticknstring73]

I have one of these



It gets better

I know it's for soft boiled eggs but I want to make a circumcision joke so badly.

 

[M67]

No picture, but Zune, damn Microsoft!

Ha, yeah, got one of those myself, have had 2 actually. Liked the software better than Apple so went the Zune route

 

[Jens Schuetz]

I know it's for soft boiled eggs but I want to make a circumcision joke so badly.

"Eggs" are what balls are called in some languages.
Soft boiled makes it even worse. :-o

Anyways no matter what they are designed for, show a few of them at Guantanamo and I'm sure there'll be more useful information being spilled than by water boarding.

 

[Grouch]

I have one of these



It gets better

Note: Never, I mean NEVER, go on a date with a woman that carries one of these in her purse.

 

[Bob W]

I still have a Huffy Aerowind in the garage, a bicycle designed with oval-shaped frame bars.

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[Ebbtide]

Impressed someone knew what it is for...
As for the jokes...
That's why I put the pics up